The Atlantic staff writer Elizabeth Bruenig talks about her decision to serve as a witness to state-sanctioned executions, and what she's learned about mercy, faith and the possibility of redemption.

We join with people of faith to stand with, and show mercy to those who are afraid, working together for freedom, dignity and equity for all. The Rev. Lee M. Miller II Bishop, Upstate New York Synod ...

When I see the homeless outside Mercy Hospital or at the corner of McKinley and 12th Avenue or anywhere in town, I don’t see a homeless person; I see the face of Jesus who died for each one of us.